AI Security Architect

Morristown, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 169000 - 213750

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Zelis we Get Stuff Done. So lets get to it!

A Little About Us

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers providers and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers including the top five national health plans regional health plans TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify optimize and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts driving real measurable results for clients.

A Little About You

You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences community involvement and the valuable lessons youve learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements the knowledge youve gained and the personal interests that shape who you are.

Position Overview

Enterprise-level expert responsible for defining and guiding the strategic direction of security architecture and risk posture.

AI Security Architect Job Description

Overview

The AI Security Architect is responsible for designing implementing and governing security frameworks and requirements to enable the secure use of AI and related infrastructure. This role ensures AI technologies are developed and deployed securely ethically and in compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements. This role will be part of cybersecurity organization with a matrix line to the AI team.

Key Responsibilities

Develop secure-by-design architecture guidelines for AI/ML platforms including data ingestion model training model deployment and inference layers.

Define reference security architectures patterns and guardrails that enable secure AI development while minimizing manual review and approval friction.

Partner with respective engineering teams to automate / bake in the security guardrails where possible.

Design risk-based proportionate AI security controls that satisfy regulatory and enterprise requirements while enabling rapid AI development and experimentation.

Identify threats unique to AI systemsmodel inversion poisoning evasion attacks data leakage prompt injection etc. Evaluate emerging AI security threats tools and best practices.

Lead AI-specific risk assessments and security design reviews.

Work with red teams to validate model robustness against adversarial attacks.

Establish security policies for ethical AI use. Ensure compliance with enterprise industry and regulatory frameworks (e.g. NIST AI RMF GDPR HIPAA SOC2 ISO 42001).

Partner with data science platform engineering cloud security product and compliance teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications

10 years in cybersecurity architecture or engineering roles.

Strong knowledge of modern AI/ML architectures pipelines and tooling. Experience with LLM security prompt safety testing or generative AI governance.

Understanding of AI based attacks and threats.
Strong knowledge of data protection and controls required to protect data.
Knowledge of creating and communicating cybersecurity risks both in technical and non-technical manner.

Experience working in AI/ML or data engineering environments.
Proven track record designing enterprise security frameworks or architecture patterns.

Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Leadership skills to guide engineering teams and influence organizational policy.
Knowledge of regulatory frameworks specific to healthcare or finance (HIPAA PCI etc.)

Please note at this time we are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Location and Workplace Flexibility

We have offices in Atlanta GA Boston MA Morristown NJ Plano TX St. Louis MO St. Petersburg FL and Hyderabad India. We foster a hybrid and remote friendly culture and all our employees work locations are based on the needs of the position and determined by the Leadership -office work and activities if applicable vary based on the work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies.

Base Salary Range

$169000.00 - $213750.00

At Zelis we are committed to providing fair and equitable compensation packages. The base salary range allows us to make an offer that considers multiple individualized factors including experience education qualifications as well as job-related and industry-related knowledge and skills etc. Base pay is just one part of our Total Rewards package which may also include discretionary bonus plans commissions or other incentives depending on the role.

Zelis full-time associates are eligible for a highly competitive benefits package as well which demonstrates our commitment to our employees health well-being and financial protection. The US-based benefits include a 401k plan with employer match flexible paid time off holidays parental leaves life and disability insurance and health benefits including medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you dont meet 100% of the qualifications for the role. We believe in the value of diverse perspectives and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all.

Accessibility Support
We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require a reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and/or interview process please email .

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities duties and skills from time to time.

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At Zelis we Get Stuff Done. So lets get to it!A Little About UsZelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers providers and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers including the top five national health plans regional health plans TPAs and millions of healthcare p...